2015 Challenger Airbag Recall
The Chrysler Group discovered during routine internal testing that the bolts designed to secure the passenger’s side curtain airbag in place may not have been tightened correctly or they may not be present at all. Due to the location of the side curtain airbag in the Challenger (and most other vehicles) in the headliner trim, the side airbag system could be improperly secured and since it is covered, owners wouldn’t be able to see any problem. However, in the event of a hard side impact or a rollover, a side curtain airbag that has not been properly bolted up could open incorrectly – possibly providing reduced protection during the accident.

This problem was discovered on a batch of 2015 Dodge Challenger models made during a 10 day period, but no information on the exact build dates has been offered. We do know that approximately 81 Challengers are included in this recall with 72 cars in the United States, 6 in Canada and 3 in Mexico, but we don’t know what trimlines are included in this batch. Considering how a modern production line works, there is a good chance that there are Challengers of all sorts included in that group of 81 Mopar muscle cars which could be missing airbag bolts.

Most importantly, since this problem was quickly discovered during internal testing, there have been in injuries reported as a result of this possible airbag problem in the 2015 Dodge Challenger. To further insure that no Challenger owners are hurt by a problematic airbag system, an assembly line verification process has been added to the assembly line in Brampton Canada to check all of these bolts going forward.

"To further insure that no Challenger owners are hurt by a problematic airbag system, an assembly line verification process has been added to the assembly line in Brampton Canada to check all of these bolts going forward."

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